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. A. T. MOATS.

PICK.

Patented Jan. 18, 1887;

m Wu E I N T m UNITED STATES PATENT O rrice.

ANDREW 'I. MOATS, OF PLEASANTVILLE, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JACOBR. GLINE, OF SAME PLACE.

PICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,412, dated January18, 1887.

Application filed June 3, 1886. Serial N0.-204,074.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW T. Moms, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Pleasantville, in the county of Marion 5 and Stateof Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Picks; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

15 My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in picks,the object of the same being to provide an improved means for attachingthe pick to the socket, which is secured to the handle so that the samecan be 20 readily attached and detached therefrom; and

to this end my invention consists in the construction and combination ofthe parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and specificallypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 isa perspective view of a pick constructed in accordance with myimprovement; and Fig. 2 is a side View,

partly in section.

,0 A refers to the handle of the pick, which is enlarged at its upperend, as shown at a. To the enlarged portion of the handle a metallicsocket, B, is secured by means of a rivet, b, which passes throughdepending portions 0 of ,5 the socket, which embrace the upper sides ofthe end of the handle. The metallic socketB has a straight upper edge,and is provided with upwardly-projecting portions 0 O, which extendabove the plane of the same, so as to 0 enter suitable recesses, D, inthe pick-blade E.

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The pick-blade E is provided centrally with a perforation,through whichpasses a bolt, F, said bolt entering the female screw G in the socket.Adjacent to the recess through which the bolt passes the upper portionor edge of the pick- 5 blade is cut away, so as to provide a recessedportion, H, within which will lie'the head of the bolt, so that saidbolt will not project above the body portion or central portion of thepick. The bolt is attached to the socket by a wrench, said wrenchbeingsimilar in construction to an ordinary bed-wrench.

By means of the device hereinbefore de scribed the pick-blade can bereadily attached and detached, and will secure the pick-blade firmly inplace.

I claim 1. The combination, in a pick, of, a handle provided at its endwith a metallic socket having upwardly-projecting nibs D D and a centralscrew-threaded recess, G, with apick-blade provided on its under sidewith recesses within which the projecting nibs lie, and a centralperforation through which passes the securingbolt, substantially asshown, and for the pur- 55 pose set forth. I Y

2. Thecombination, in a pick, of a handle provided with a metallicsocket having upwardly projecting nibs D D and a central screw-threadedrecess, with the pick-blade E, having recesses O O, and a recess, H,adjacent to the openingin the pick-blade through which the headedsecuring-bolt F passes, substantially as shown, and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 7 5 presence of twowitnesses.

ANDREW T. MOATS. Witnesses:

E. F. SPERRY, ALLEN HANNIGK.

